Opinion— Fixing a broken system: how community-based intermediaries can transform the care workforce
By Dr. Esther Hio-Tong Castillo, CEO & Founder of Accesso Care. May 23, 2025.
Accesso Care is a workforce solution that builds a stronger, more stable care industry by supporting immigrant caregivers and partnering with nursing facilities that value quality and dignity. Access Care strives toward building communities of care where both workers and residents are respected and valued.
Opinion— Being a mother of color makes obtaining affordable child Care that much harder
By Alyssa Reynoso Morris, originally on HipLatina. May 22, 2025.
As a Queer Black Latine award-winning children’s book author, public speaker, community organizer, and mother, Alyssa Reynoso Morris has spent her career advocating for equity, especially for Black, Brown, and immigrant families. As a mother to three, she’s also seen how financially overwhelming parenting in America can be. Child care in the U.S. is outrageously expensive: for Reynoso Morris, it’s $4,200 a month or $50,400 a year. Reynoso Morris discusses why is child care so unaffordable.
“No lo sabíamos”: Cómo el cambio climático y la contaminación del aire están poniendo en peligro silenciosamente la salud materna
Por: Almeta E. Cooper, Gerente Nacional de Justicia en Salud, y Liz Hurtado, Gerente Nacional de Campo en Moms Clean Air Force
‘Estaba muy asustada. No sabía si sobreviviría’, dijo Luz Drada, quien sufrió preeclampsia en su embarazo. Descubrió tarde que la contaminación y el calor extremo pudieron contribuir. ‘Nadie me advirtió’, lamentó. Su testimonio revela cómo el cambio climático y la injusticia ambiental impactan desproporcionadamente a mujeres de color.
“We Didn’t Know”: How Climate Change and Air Pollution Are Silently Endangering Maternal Health
By: Almeta E. Cooper, National Manager for Health Justice, and Liz Hurtado, National Field Manager at Moms Clean Air Force
‘I was terrified. I didn’t know if I’d survive,’ said Luz Drada, who suffered preeclampsia during pregnancy. She later learned air pollution and extreme heat may have contributed. ‘No one warned me,’ she said. Her story highlights how climate change and environmental injustice disproportionately harm women of color.